CPES Gives 2019 Foundation Chair and Participants a Chance to Get Acquainted

8.14.2018
By Cletis Earle Chair, CHIME Board; SVP, CIO Information Technology

This September I will participate in the 2018 CHIME Partner Education Summit as a faculty member. This will be my first time as a speaker at CPES, and I expect it will be a learning experience for me as well as for the Foundation firm members who will attend the event. 

I am joined by a great group of CIO leaders, including many who sit with me on the CHIME Board of Trustees. The roster as it stands today includes: 

  • Russ Branzell, CHIME president and CEO; 
  • Daniel Barchi, CIO at New York Presbyterian;  
  • Drex DeFord, an independent consultant;  
  • Carina Edwards, senior vice president, customer experience, at Imprivata; 
  • Jennifer Greenman, vice president of information technology at Moffitt Cancer Center; 
  • John Kravitz, CIO at Geisinger Health System;  
  • Kara Marx, vice president of information services at Sharp Healthcare;   
  • Theresa Meadows, CIO at Cook Children’s Health System;  
  • Frank Nydam, vice president and chief technology officer for healthcare at VMware; 
  • Shafiq Rab, CIO at Rush University Health Center and CHIME Board chair-elect;  
  • Sarah Richardson, CIO for the California Market at DaVita Medical Group; 
  • Donna Roach, CIO for Ascension Health Services;  
  • Rusty Yeager, CIO at Encompass Health; and 
  • Tim Zoph, client executive and strategist at Impact Advisors. 

More than half of these leaders have been steering the direction of CHIME this year through their roles on the Board of Trustees. It has been my privilege to serve as the chair, which also means I will be the chair of the CHIME Foundation Board in 2019. Although my official duty at CPES will be to share my insights and experiences as a senior healthcare IT executive with attendees, I hope to use the networking sessions to talk with Foundation firm members and get their views on the Foundation and how the Foundation can help industry partners excel.  

I am especially delighted to meet industry representatives who, by attending CPES, have shown a commitment to their education and career development. This presents an ideal environment to discuss how we can all help the healthcare IT industry better serve patients and the providers, hospitals and health systems that care for them.  

If you attend CPES, please be sure to say hello and chat with me. Given the caliber of my fellow faculty members and the topics we will address, I expect lively discussions during the educational programs and later at our networking events. I look forward to seeing you there. 

Editor’s note: The 2018 CHIME Partner Education Summit will be held Sept. 5-7 at the Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel. To learn more about CPES, go here. To register for CPES18, go here.   

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